It is September 1944. The US Army along with other allied forces have entered the battle in Europe, and are driving towards Germany through France. An American tank platoon, composed of some offbeat characters lead by a Lieutenant named Kelly, captures a German colonel who has a bar of gold in his possession. After interrogating the Colonel, the Americans discover that there is a bank full of gold bars thirty miles behind the German front line. Kelly’s platoon decides to go rob the bank! In this game, each team will have a SECRET MISSION to complete, worth 100 points. The special / secret mission ref will brief each teams general on the mission beforehand.

For both teams, up to 9 GOLD BARS will be available to grab at undetermined times from the new prop, THE BANK! Each gold bar recovered and brought back to the scoring table will be worth 50 points to the team recovering it

Afternoon REINCARNATION game (1:30pm till 4pm):

Kelly and his men have led their crew through German lines and are on their way to the bank to get the stash of gold. They need to recover a special item THE AMMUNITION BELT, to use against the German tanks guarding the bank. If blue can locate and return this item to the scoring table, they will gain 250 points. If the Germans can locate this special item, they may guard it and therefore deny it to the blue team and get 250 points if the special mission runs out without blue getting the item. The special mission will run from 2pm to 4pm. For both teams, another 9 GOLD BARS will be available to grab at undetermined times from THE BANK! Each gold bar recovered and brought back to the scoring table will be worth 50 points to the team recovering it

Final battle (4:45pm to 5:30pm):

28 GOLD BARS will be placed inside THE BANK at 5 minute intervals by the secret / special mission ref starting at 455pm and ending at 525pm. The two teams will battle for control of the bank and these gold bars, with each bar being worth 50 points that is returned safely to the teams starting point. The gold bars will be counted at the end of the game to determine how many points each team will get, unlike past final battles where the winner is awarded 1000 points.

Awards (5:45pm): Awarding of the raffle prizes to all participants lucky enough to have a winning ticket, as well as the bonus raffle from PBL West for the Lions tickets!

Registration starts at 8:00am, with gates opening at 7:30am. Paint and air will be available starting at 8:02am to registered players.

Guys and girls, I want to pass along my thanks and appreciation to everyone who attended the Tippmann Challenge at Tsawwassen Paintball last Sunday.

Despite a soggy start to the day, we had over 200 players by 9am, and hit a total of 325 for the day. I can honestly say this was the cleanest play I have ever seen at a game, not a single complaint about cheating was brought to my attention. Kudos players.

Thanks go out to:

- Tom at CIP and Alex and Thrasher for getting me a compressor on super short notice when my second one fell through Friday afternoon. You guys are the best
- All my refs and field staff who worked their ***** off in the rain to keep the game running smooth all day, including my volunteers from the Island. Thanks for getting up extra early and braving BC Ferries!
- Murray Griesel our first aid attendant who was needed THREE times during the course of the day. Guess all my injury free events have caught up to me now. PLAY SAFE PEOPLE!
- Nic Meyer from Tippmann, Mike Silva Jimmy Baker and Marco Baillageron from PBL Action Sports - all of whom travelled thousands of miles to attend the day and provide logistics, prizing and teching. Thank you gentlemen!
- Mickey Ho, Rick Law, Jayson Born, RJ Dion and other ex TPG staff who answer the bell when I call. You guys are amazing. Special thanks to Rick and Mickey for fixing, oh, say 100 guns each over the course of the day!
- Rob Robson from HF Apparel and Ken Mills and co from Kendakye Products for providing wicked prizes and setting up booths at the event
- all the teams and fields who made this possible by representing in FORCE: TNT, VPA, CIP and the Supernaturals, Stormin Norman and the Untouchables, Hellfire, Unleashed, Island Militia, Panther, Sniperz, Ambush and the Dogs of War, WarDogs, Marauders, TonSixers, 604 Maffia, <swear filter> I even saw Ryan Dupras from TCS fame, and Mason Hwu from Thunder made the drive from Seattle to play! You guys all rock.